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Asked: September 29, 2020In: Construction Site Related

What is Reinforced Soil?

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What is Reinforced Soil? State it’s advantages and disadvantages?

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    Reinforced soil: Meaning of Reinforced soil: Reinforced soil is simply a combination of compacted earth fill with the tensile reinforcement for creating an earth structure.  Advantages of reinforced soil: Less quantity of earth fill is required. The construction can be directly done on the soft grouRead more

    Reinforced soil:

    Meaning of Reinforced soil: Reinforced soil is simply a combination of compacted earth fill with the tensile reinforcement for creating an earth structure. 


    Advantages of reinforced soil:

    1. Less quantity of earth fill is required.

    2. The construction can be directly done on the soft ground.

    3. The structures can be quickly built as compared to any other conventional methods.

     Limitations of reinforced soil:

    • One of the biggest doubts about reinforcing soil is its durability.

    Thank You.

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Asked: September 23, 2020In: Construction Site Related

What is the need of Soil Testing before Construction?

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What is the need of Soil Testing before Construction?

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    It is necessary to check the nature of the soil before you build your dream home. The ground where you are wanting to build your dream home, it is necessary to check the soil nature of it before starting construction work. Soil testing is first done to test the bearing capacity of the soil. The physRead more

    It is necessary to check the nature of the soil before you build your dream home. The ground where you are wanting to build your dream home, it is necessary to check the soil nature of it before starting construction work.

    Soil testing is first done to test the bearing capacity of the soil. The physical and chemical configuration of the soil is checked during this process. The soil must be able to withstand the load of the structure. The nature of soil decides the bearing limit as well as guarantees to decide the structural adjustment. The nature of soil relies on different factors, for example, climate, environmental change and for as far back as years the land was sent for what reason and what was there before.

    The length and depth of the footing are decided during the foundation relying on the nature of the soil. The water level of the soil can only be resolved from soil testing. In light of the soil testing results, the nature of the material can be chosen. For instance, because of dampness the zone is lead to corrosion, at that point it is essential to pick just corrosion safe TMT Bars for the construction.

    A soil test is a very significant step in construction before it starts. If the soil testing isn’t done, at that point the structure will be presented to various failures and the final result could be lethal.

    Types of Soil Testing for Construction

    Gravity Test

    Moisture Test

    Atterberg Limits Test

    • Liquid Limit
    • Plastic Limit
    • Shrinkage Limit

    Dry Density Test

    • Core Cutter Method
    • Sand Replacement Method

    Proctor’s Compaction Test

     

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Asked: August 9, 2020In: Construction Site Related

How to Check the Strength of the Brick at Site?

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How to Check the Strength of the Brick at Site?

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    This is a common building construction material. Nowadays concrete bricks are taking the place of traditional bricks. Traditional bricks are used for two types of walls. The testing of brick is the same for its uses in any type of wall. Partition wall Load-bearing wall Following are the site tests tRead more

    This is a common building construction material. Nowadays concrete bricks are taking the place of traditional bricks.

    Traditional bricks are used for two types of walls. The testing of brick is the same for its uses in any type of wall.

    1. Partition wall
    2. Load-bearing wall

    Following are the site tests to check the good quality of bricks:

    1. Edges of bricks should be sharp and the surface should be scratch resistant.
    2. All the bricks are of the same size
    3. Bricks must have a size of standard brick i.e 19 cm X 9 CM x 9 CM. To check the length breadth and height take randomly 20 bricks and observe its edges.
    4. A good brick should have a bright and uniform color.
    5. soundness test on brick: select 2 random bricks and stuck with each other so that the clear and ringing bell sound must be produced. It indicates a good and strong brick.
    6. Structure and material of bricks: select any randomly break and crack it from the middle then observe the inner portion. It must be free from any type of lumps and materials compacted homogeneously.
    7. Efflorescence test: Bricks must be free from any types of salts. Take a brick and placed it in water for 24 hours. Take the brick out and dry it in a shade. After some time of drying if any white substance produced on the brick it indicates the amount of salt present inside bricks. This type of bricks must be avoided for construction
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Asked: July 31, 2020In: Construction Site Related

Why vibrators are not used during concreting in piling works?

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Why vibrators are not used during concreting in piling works?

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    Though self compacting concrete is used, these bulbs may not be filled completely. So, reinforcement is lowered after concreting, after clearing the muck on top, if any, either by vibration or driving, so that concrete is forced into the bulb. Heavy vibration is not used as the concrete can seggregaRead more

    Though self compacting concrete is used, these bulbs may not be filled completely. So, reinforcement is lowered after concreting, after clearing the muck on top, if any, either by vibration or driving, so that concrete is forced into the bulb. Heavy vibration is not used as the concrete can seggregate.

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Asked: September 22, 2020In: Construction Site Related

How can we install a solar panel in the slab?

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How can we install a solar panel in the slab?

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    Why Install it in the slab? A solar panel is not a load bearing structure. You cannot use it for structural purposes. That is simply a bad decision because solar panels are costly and hence they need to be kept safe from damage. We can install them above the slab though if we wish to. But again, slaRead more

    Why Install it in the slab? A solar panel is not a load bearing structure. You cannot use it for structural purposes. That is simply a bad decision because solar panels are costly and hence they need to be kept safe from damage. We can install them above the slab though if we wish to.

    But again, slabs are horizontal and it’s foolish to install a horizontal solar panel. You’ll never see it that way anywhere except for at the equator. That is because sunlight mostly falls at a slant and to grab maximum intensity, the solar panel has to be perpendicular to the sun rays which will never be horizontal. Beyond the tropics, sunlight will never fall vertical ever in a year. So, no chance of installing a solar panel in the slab. Only if there’s a non load bearing slab cast to hold the solar panel, then it might be possible but that too is a bad idea because it will unnecessarily add to building cost, time and weight.

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Asked: October 5, 2020In: Construction Site Related

Why Back Sight is also called as Plus Sight?

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Why Back Sight is also called as Plus Sight?

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    Back Sight: Backsight is simply a first reading which is taken after setting up the instrument.  Why the backsight is also called plus sight: Only because the reading is taken of known elevation to continue taking foresight reading.  Thank You.

    Back Sight: Backsight is simply a first reading which is taken after setting up the instrument. 


    Why the backsight is also called plus sight:

    Only because the reading is taken of known elevation to continue taking foresight reading. 


    Thank You.

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Asked: December 2, 2017In: Construction Site Related

What Software are used to Estimate Project Time and Quantity in Construction?

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Which softwares can be used for estimation of construction project time and quantity?

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Asked: September 12, 2020In: Construction Site Related

How to Calculate the Lifespan of any Building?

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How to Calculate the Lifespan of any Building?

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    How to Calculate the Lifespan of any Building?

    Aditya, Here you are asking about Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of structure. The life span of structure will vary according to the type of structure. There is no formula available to calculate the life span of any structure. Different parameters we should take into mind while doing a calculation of lRead more

    Aditya,

    Here you are asking about Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of structure.

    The life span of structure will vary according to the type of structure.

    There is no formula available to calculate the life span of any structure.

    Different parameters we should take into mind while doing a calculation of life span of structure, they are as follows;

    Building Construction Material:

    • RCC structure

    Structural Design:

    • Mostly influencing parameter.
    • Vary as per Building Construction Material.

    The locality of structure construction: E

    • Earthquake-prone area
    • HFL (High Flood Level) zone

    Height of structure.


     Kindly noted that I have attached one photo of the life span of various structures.

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